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Justin’s work explores concepts of identity and representation in South Africa, reviewing the ethics of photographic practice and the impact for contemporary art. Past projects Being for the Other and It Must Be Built From Ashes construct narratives that reflect on South Africa as a postcolony. Justin’s current work looks at the importance of the photographic archive for interpreting visual media in contemporary contexts — exploring personal relationships with colonial histories. Based in London on a part-time Master’s degree, Justin is currently in South Africa working on his new project, Walls in the Riverbed.

Clients include: Christian Dior, Malone Souliers, Nataal, Public Ambition & AWAY Travel

Represented by Galerie Number 8, Brussels
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AWARDS / EXHIBITIONS

2021

Sony World Photography Awards — Group Show
Lucie Foundation Portrait Project

2020

Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Exhibition — National Portrait Gallery
Photo London Digital — Galerie Number 8
LensCulture Exposure Awards — Group Show New York City
Sony World Photography Awards — Group Show London
Der Grief — Guest Room with Marie Gomis-Trezise
Joyeux Store — Galerie Number 8 × Nataal
Athens Photo Festival — Shortlisted
TIP × EMOP — Group Show Berlin
The Independent Photographer — Portrait Awards
Through The Lens Collective — Group Show Johannesburg

2019

Photo Vogue Festival 'A Glitch in the System' — Group Show Milan
The Independent Photographer — Group Show Barcelona & Berlin
Life Framer — Group Show London & Milan
Life Framer Youthhood — Shortlisted
Lucie Foundation Photo Taken Grant — Shortlisted
Lucie Foundation MOPLA — Group Show Los Angeles

2018

BJP Portrait of Britain
AOP Student Awards — Group Show London
Saatchi Young Artist Prize — Group Show London

FEATURES / PUBLICATIONS

2021

EMC Magazine
The Best of LensCulture Volume 4 — Schilt Publishing

2020

Paper Journal — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'
Booooooom — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'
Zero Nine Magazine — 'It Must Be Built From Ashes'
Musée Magazine — Photo Journal Monday
Life Framer Collection
GUP Fresh Eyes
POCC Magazine
HERE Magazine
Nataal — Blessing Ngobeni & Teresa Kutala Firmino
Nataal — Victoria Yards Johannesburg
Nataal — Ayanda Mabulu
Nataal — Lance Lightyear
Nataal — Lynda Dawn

2019

It's Nice That
YWYW Magazine
Oath Magazine — South Africa
Fresh Eyes × GUP Magazine — New European Photography
The Independent Photographer — Talents of the Year
Untitled — Curated by Henry Jay Kamara × Vibbar
ArtPremium — Art Basel Miami

2018

Portrait of Britain — BJP × Hoxton Mini Press
Aint-Bad Magazine
Float Magazine
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